I don't know much about coyotes killing antelope fawns but this story reminds me of the time I saw an antelope defending her baby from a coyote. It was a interesting and informative sight.I was riding along and was coming over a little hill and was hearing a strange noise I couldn't identify. As I came over the hill I saw an antelope standing there facing a coyote. She kept making this funny coughing sound and stamping her foot to threaten the coyote. It reminded me of the way a domestic sheep stamps it's foot when its threatening something. The coyote kept trying to circle around her and she kept moving which finally drew my attention to a little fawn laying in the sagebrush that the antelope was trying to protect.
I must have sit there 10 minutes watching this exchange just amazed. I never knew antelope defended their young that way or made such noises. I finally worked around and left the situation without disturbing them. I was afraid if I rode up the doe would run off and leave her fawn so the safest thing to do was leave them alone.
I have always remembered that experience and the story reminded me of it. I wonder why the antelope their don't protect their young from the coyotes? It would be interesting to know.
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. Elie Wiesel
